• Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.8-15
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• 2011

The present study investigates the combustion phenomena in a sludge incinerator using experimental and numerical method. The temperature and gas concentration were measured at 33 points during operation of the incinerator in order to assess the mixing and combustion characteristics. Numerical simulation was also carried out using a commercial CFD code. Simplified inlet conditions were introduced in oder to predict the bulk solid combustion and the diffusion of the volatile matter released by pyrolysis of sludge. The experimental results showed that the combustion process is extremely inhomogeneous. Large variations were observed in the temperature and gas concentrations in the freeboard of the incinerator due to poor mixing performance between the air and the combustibles, which is caused by massive and bulk generation of volatile matter by fast pyrolysis of sludge particles. The boundary condition of the CFD simulation was found effective in predicting the poor mixing and combustion performance of the reactor.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.262-270
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• 2001

This paper deals with a prediction method for the condensation of ternary refrigerant mixture inside a horizontal smooth tube. Based on some reliable assumptions, the governing equations for the local heat and mass transfer characteristics are derived, and the prediction for the condensation of ternary zeotropic refrigerant mixtures composed of HFC32/HFC125/HFC134a, including R407C, is carried out. The local values of vapor quality, thermodynamic states at bulk vapor, vapor-liquid interface and bulk liquid, mass flux etc. are obtained for a constant wall temperature and a constant wall heat flux conditions, and the effects of the composition of HFC32/HFC125/HFC134a on heat transfer characteristics are examined. The prediction result is also compared with experimental data for condensation of ternary refrigerant mixtures. The predicted wall temperature distribution has a similar trend with experimental data but the predicted local heat transfer coefficients are 20-30% higher than the experimental data.

• Proceedings of the Polymer Society of Korea Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.201-201
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• 2006

In this study the glass transition temperature in thin polymer films has been studied. Ellipsometry has been used to measure $T_{g}$ of thin film as a function of film thickness. Empirical equation has been proposed to fit the measured $T_{g}$ pattern with thickness. Also, a continuous multilayer model was proposed and derived to describe the effect of surface on the observed $T_{g}$ reduction in thin films, and the depth-dependent $T_{g}$ profile was obtained. These results showed that $T_{g}$ at the top surface was much lower than the bulk $T_{g}$ and gradually approached the bulk $T_{g}$ with increasing distance from the edge of the film. The model and equation were modified to apply for the polymer coated on the strongly favorable substrate and the freely standing film.

• Advanced Composite Materials
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.385-394
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• 2007

In this study, the effect of molding condition on the tensile properties for plain woven hemp fiber reinforced green composite was examined. The tensile properties of the composite were compared with those of the plain woven jute fiber composite fabricated by the same process. Emulsion type biodegradable resin or polypropylene sheet was used as matrix. The composites were processed by the compression molding where the molding temperature and its heating time were changed from 160 to $190^{\circ}C$ and from 15 to 25 min, respectively. The following results were obtained from the experiment. The tensile property of hemp fiber reinforced polypropylene is improved in comparison with polypropylene bulk. The strength of composite is about 2.6 times that of the resin bulk specimen. Hemp fiber is more effective than jute fiber as reinforcement for green composite from the viewpoint of strength. The molding temperature and time are suitable below $180^{\circ}C$ and 20 min for hemp fiber reinforced green composite. Hemp fiber green composite has a tendency to decrease its tensile strength when fiber content is over 50 wt%.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.58-62
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• 2015

Formation of an icosahedral phase in the bulk glass forming $Ti_{40}Zr_{29}Be_{14}Cu_9Ni_8$ alloy during crystallization from amorphous phase and solidification from melt is investigated. The icosahedral phase with a size of 10 to 15 nm forms as a thermodynamically stable phase at intermediate temperature during the transformation from amorphous to crystalline phases such as Laves and ${\beta}$-(Ti-Zr) phases, indicating that the existence of the icosahedral cluster in the undercooled liquid. On the other hand, the icosahedral phase forms as a primary solidification phase even though the Laves phase is stable at high temperature, which is can be explained based on the high nucleation rate of icosahedral phase relative to that of competing crystalline Laves phase due to lower interfacial energy between icosahedral and liquid phases.

• Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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• 2006.09b
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• pp.868-869
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• 2006

[ $Cr_2AlC$ ] was synthesized by a reactive hot pressing of $CrC_x(x=0.5)$ and Al powder mixture used as starting materials at the temperature range of $1200^{\circ}C{\sim}1400^{\circ}C$ under 25 MPa in Ar atmosphere. Fully dense $Cr_2AlC$ with high purity was synthesized by hot pressing $CrC_x$ and Al powder mixture at the temperature as low as $1200^{\circ}C$. The average grain size of synthesized bulk $Cr_2AlC$ was varied in the range of $10-100{\mu}m$ depending on hot pressing temperatures. The maximum flexural strength of synthesized bulk $Cr_2AlC$ exceeded 600 MPa.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.220-225
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• 1993

The influence of temperature and pressure on the free energy of the ion hydration has been considered. The ion radii measured by conductometric method and the saturated dielectric constant cited from other works were used to calculate the free energy in the hydration shell. The Born equation was modified in order to fit in our model. In our model, the environment of ion consists of three regions. The innermost one is the hydration shell in which water is immobilized and electrostricted, the middle one is the one which contains less ordered waters than the bulk medium, and the outermost one is the bulk water which is under the influence of the electric field of ion. Our results for the free energy of ion hydration were compared with those of other attempts. Especially, ${\Delta}$G$_{hyd}$ of $Li^+$ ion is considerably too negative in this study at given temperature, comparing with those of other attempts. But ${\Delta}$G$_{hyd}$ of other ions coincides with each other.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.337-341
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• 2004

Bulk metallic glasses(BMG) with good mechanical properties have problems that engineering application fields have been limited because of limitation of the alloy size. In order to solving this problem, the friction welding of BMG has been tried using the superplastic-like deformation behavior under the supercooled liquid region. The apparatus for friction welding test was designed and constructed using pneumatic cylinder and gripper based on a conventional lathe. Friction welding have been tried to combination of same BMG alloy and crystalline alloys. The results of welding test were evaluated by X-ray diffraction, measurement of hardness and mechanical properties test. In order to obtain the optimized welding test conditions the temperature of friction interface was measured using Infrared thermal imager.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Conference
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• 2001.02a
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• pp.76-79
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• 2001

The heater-triggered switching system for charging of a high temperature superconductor(HTS) is prepared by simulation and investigated its characteristic by experiment. heater-triggered switching system consists of two nickel-chrome alloy heater, an electromagnet and YBCO bulk HTS. There are three important parameters to generate the pumping-current in this system. The timing sequential control of two heters and electromagnet is an important factor to generate pumping-current in the YBCO bulk HTS. Thermal analysis of the switching part in YBCO bulk HTS according to the heater input current was carried out. Electromagnet of 0.6[T] and DC heater input current of 2.3[A] were optimally derived. In this experiment, the maximum pumping current is reaches about 12[A].

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.676-681
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• 2000

This study describes a hydraulic fluid property compensator under the various operating conditions. Because hydraulic fluid systems have much more excellent features than other control systems, they are used in many fields. However, the characteristics of hydraulic fluid are changed due to various operating conditions. This phenomenon is called uncertainty. Especially, bulk modulus is considered as the most dominant parameter in this study. Under the wide range of temperature and pressure, bulk modulus is changed. In order to overcome the uncertainty, $H_{\infty}$ technique will be used for this study. Spectral factorization, model-matching problem and controller parametrization are also applied to achieve the desired robust control action. Designed controller using the $H_{\infty}$ technique, is adopted for the hydraulic fluid valve-motor system.